WILLIAM "1ST BARONET" JENNER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 10/25/1887 - HFSID 287781
Sale Price $625.00
Reg. $750.00
WILLIAM “1ST BARONET” JENNER
Three-page letter to a fellow English physician, declining to write him a letter of
introduction to a foreign doctor Jenner doesn't know personally. Dated in 1887!
Autograph Letter Signed: "W Jenner", 3 pages, 4½x7. 63 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square,
London, 1887 April 25. To "Dear Dr. Maxwell". In full: "I would be very happy to assist you
but I have not the pleasure of the acquaintance of Dr. Baumler and I never like writing to
foreigners with whom I am not in any way personally acquainted. Do you know Dr. Weber of
Grosvenor Street? I have no doubt he could recommend you to the best man in Germany for the
object you have in view. I return the specimen page as you may want it for other purposes."British
physician William Jenner (1815-1898) is best known for distinguishing the separate
identities of typhus and typhoid fevers (1847). A renowned physician and consultant, he was
named Physician Extraordinary (1861) and Physician in Ordinary to Queen Victoria (1862)
and Physician in Ordinary to the Prince of Wales (1863). Jenner, who was created a Baronet
in 1868, was President of the Royal College of Physicians from 1881-1888. Medical
content letters of Jenner are extremely desirable. Toned and lightly creased. Corners lightly
worn. Notch at left lower edge. Otherwise, fine condition.
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